cool artical about bird banding
http://www.texasbirds.info

birds of the day

I saw 2 nuthatches, 1 Hairy woodpecker and 3 crows so far. How about you? Do you know the difference between a Hairy and Downy woodpecker? If you are lucky, you'll get a Hairy and a Downy side by side. The Hairy is way bigger than the Downy.
But, in the field, you have to look at the size of the bill. If you were to take the bill of a Hairy and reverse it, it would go way past the eye. The Downy's bill will not go past the eye. This is a hairy Woodpecker

started blog

I have started a blog for all birders of Minnesota. I will post a list of all the birds I have seen that day and, stuff I have learned about birds, and a really cool website http://www.allaboutbirds.org/Page.aspx?pid=1189 Birdfreak